Happy Mothers' Day !!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you all have a have a wonderful day.


"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother." -- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)


"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother." -- Lin Yutang


"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." -- Jewish proverb


"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." -- Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Thank You MOM, I Love You !!!!

Great weekend.

A couple of great days in a row. We got a lot of yard work done Saturday, mowed, flower beds, and trimming trees. Dad called in the afternoon and wanted his and Mom's picture taken in front of tree that was blooming, so ran over there and did that. Lilly was here and Isaiah came over to help with the yard work and spend the night.

Sunday after church, Jess took the two of them over to the pond to fish. Dad was already back there. Finished off the afternoon with spaghetti and cornhole.

Doesn't get much better than that. Hope you had a great weekend also.

Spring Pictures

Hey, what's everyone doing?

Hope all is well.

Been raining here and not much crop work done. May is going to be pretty busy. When it dries out, the farmers will be at it hard. Because of that I will not be going to Jeanne's for Davids' graduation May 29th, unless it is raining that week and it would work, but I believe the plan is right now for Jess to go with them. The plan is for them to go out Thursday and leave Sunday. I'm sorry I will have to miss, had a good time there last spring.

Mom and Dad have been getting some yard work done and mowing along. They bought a new shed for the pond. Jess went with them last week to pick it up.

We have mowed at home and got a few trees down out of the back lot, trying to clear it up a little. Need to spray some 2,4D to keep the weeds down and let the grass grow. Still pretty wet back there yet from all the rain. Mosquitos will be bad back there. Have to get some donuts for the water.

Got some windows and window sills cleaned last weekend. Going to get an open trash container at Dad's to start in on the basement and barn and wood shed. They really want to get rid of some of that stuff.

Ross is back to work, Jess is still off.

Kids are all good. Kallie had her baptism April 19, and then we all went out for dinner. I will post some pics when I get home. Lilly and Isaiah will be starting summer ball pretty soon. Lilly's last day of school is May 22.

Hope you all got to see the video of John's homecoming. I am trying to download it to my computer so we always have it. I downloaded a program to make it happen, but have not had success yet at saving it and being able to play it. I will continue to try. It probably won't always be online so I was trying to save it.

Homecoming

Hi All,

As you can imagine today is a very special day.  Tonight we will go get John.  He arrives at about 10:30PM.   WGAL channel 8 in Harrisburg, Lancaster, York came to the house and spoke with Stan and me about it.  It will air on the 6 oclock news.  Perhaps you can tune in on the internet!!!  We have decorated the drive with 100 flags and our banner is up with lights.  We ordered a really cool one!!!!  His picture on it too!!!  It will feel good just to touch our son again and know he's back with us.  More later, Jeanne

Spring is coming ????

Don't know if you all get Stan's letters on John, but he will be back in PA on Friday. What a wonderful day that will be for them. Our happiness and blessings are with all of you.

Spring is not coming any too soon around here, some flurries out there today.

Dad, Jess and Lilly went to Hillsdale and got 2 geese. Was looking for one to go with Dads' one after one of the pair died over winter, but had to get 2 of course.

Lilly and Isaiah have signed up for baseball and softball, and Isaiah is registered for kindergarten.

Kallie had her first birthday and Logan had his third. Lilly's bowling party was fun, Dad even bowled a couple of games.

Ross will start back to work next week, so the girls will be back in day care. Big adjustment for all.

Take care all,
Cheryl

Can't wait for Spring..........

Had enough of the cold and wet. Got alot of rain this week, but trying to dry out now.

Rick was off for the month of January, but back to work now. Jess is still off work and no hopeful sign on when he will go back. Ross is just waiting for good weather to get back at it. I am ready for season here at Davis'

Ross and Amanda and girls went to Dianes' for a week in February. Had a good time and great weather there. The girls are doing great, cannot believe Kallie will be one March 19. Her party is March 21. Went down last week and watched Kayla at gymnastics practice.

Lilly had been on a bowling league this winter that Rick signed her up for, and is doing pretty well. Actually won her way into a district tourney and Jess is going to get her a ball for her birthday March 18 ( will be 8) and having a bowling birthday party. He had also signed up Isaiah, but he was not quite ready for every week yet. Maybe next year. They did bowl in a Sweetheart tourney on February 14, with one child and one adult that they won. Got a plaque and their picture in the paper. Of course none of the other bowlers had a 'pro' bowler on their team.

Isaiah and Logan are doing well. Isaiah has been in preschool at St. Augustines all year and will be registering for kindergarten in April. He will also start T-ball this spring.

The most current update on Candace is they went for her MRI at Cleveland yesterday and will be going back Monday to start chemo and radiation, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks. After that, the plan is 10 months of radiation back here in Toledo. We are still praying for the best but just don't know.

Mom and Dad are well, it fact pretty good right now. Jess has been going over to help him clean out the barn and I am going to make a big effort to clean up downstairs. It is working well having the cleaning ladies come in every other week. He does want to put up a garage this year and paint the roof of the barn. So there are a couple of projects in the works.

Anyone have plans for the summer yet ?????? We are going to National bowling in Vegas this year, so that should be fun. June 8 - 14, Rick has never been there and I have not been there since Jeanne and I were there, a l o n g time ago. Mom and Dad are planning a trip to Minnesota at the end of May. If you remember them talking about 'Swede and his wife' who were in the navy with them in Pensicola. They usually stopped to see Mom and Dad on their way thru to Florida every few years. They stopped going to Florida, so they have not seen them in a few years and she is not doing well, in a home now, and Mom and Dad would like to see them one more time.

Talk again soon, Cheryl